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MECHANIZED ROCK EXCAVATION WITH ATLAS COPCO - NO. 3/2013

Lively shop can do it all

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Drill and blast company relies on Atlas Copco

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New Swellex rock bolt released

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Rebuilt rigs save time and money

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3ON THE COVER: You have it or you don't—Three rebuilt Atlas Copco Scooptram loaders keep Cementation ready for work

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Good as new—Lively's Atlas Copco remanufacturing team recreates rigs from a single part to original specs

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Mining is a tough environment.Productivity coupled with good me-

chanical availability are key factors for our customers and anyone in the mining industry.

In order to achieve their targets, our cus-tomers rely on Atlas Copco Canada Parts and Services. One specific example is a Midlife Refresh on equipment as part of the bigger picture maintenance strategy. For an LHD this timeline is generally 15,000 to 17,000 engine hours.

Meeting these highly specialized requests is anything but usual. It requires more than a bit of ingenuity, innovation and hard work—and I’m proud that my team can handle it. This is a key part of our business with our re-manufacturing facility and personnel in Live-ly. You’ll see articles featuring their expert work in this magazine.

Of course, not all equipment needs a full remanufacture or a rebuild. We always say that even the finest equipment requires regu-lar service. By combining the use of Atlas Copco genuine parts with service by a cer-tified Atlas Copco technician, you’ll have a winning combination to get you through the tough mining environment.

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By any other name—Contractor upgrades to FlexiROC T40 after success with ROC D9

IN BRIEF:Products and news from Atlas Copco

Mining & construction canada is published by Atlas Copco. The magazine focuses on the company’s knowhow. www.atlascopco.com

atlas copco Mining and rock Excavation technique canada 1025 Tristar Drive Mississauga, ON L5T 1W5 Phone: +1 (800) 465-6719Publisher: Anne Marie Grossianne.marie.grossi@ca.atlascopco.com

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FrEE rEProduction oF articlEsAll product names such as Boomer, Boltec, ROC, PitViper, DRILLCare, SmartRig and Swellex are registered Atlas Copco trademarks. However, all material in this publication, including the product names, may be reproduced or referred to free of charge. For artwork or additional information please contact Atlas Copco.

saFEty FirstAtlas Copco is committed to comply with or exceed all global and local safety rules and regulations for personal safety. Some photographs in this magazine may, however, show circumstances that are beyond our control. All users of Atlas Copco equipment are urged to think safety first and always use proper ear, eye, head and other protection as required to minimize the risk of personal injury.

Brian BernierProduct Manager National ShopAtlas Copco Canada

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You have itORyou don't

Three rebuilt Atlas Copco Scooptram loaders from Tasmania kept Cementation fleet bid-ready

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Ernie Schaffernicht, equipment manager for Cementation Canada Inc., said the company has a proactive acquisition

plan predicated on faith: “You trust that jobs are coming. You count on that. You can't bid jobs if you don't have equipment.”

So in April 2012 Schaffernicht was searching for 14- or 15-tonne underground loaders to be at the ready for prospective bid-ding over the next couple years. “Sometimes it seems you only have one day notice that you need equipment, and you either have it or you don’t.”

Schaffernicht said Cementation trusts un-derground mucking and loading operations to Atlas Copco and its Scooptram line. How-ever, commissioning new Atlas Copco load-ers to be built from scratch takes time, so he looked at used rig options to cover projects that he trusted would arise in the interim.

He had been having some difficulty lo-cating rigs in the current market until his At-las Copco contacts informed him of three 2008-vintage 15-tonne-capacity Scooptram ST1520 loaders coming off lease in Australia. Each had about 10,000 hours on it but would

still provide good used rigs for Cementation or serve as ideal rebuild candidates.

Schaffernicht, who hadn’t discounted oth-er brands while looking for used rigs, said: “It came down to confidence. In the final analy-sis, having Lively rebuild the Atlas Copco ST1520s provided the best balance of safe-ty, performance, price and delivery. Further-more, the team at Atlas Copco has a good track record in rebuilding these large mining machines.”

Cementation’s customers also trust the Atlas Copco brand, Schaffernicht said, which helps with bidding. “Underground mining contracting is a very competitive business in a harsh and sometimes difficult environ-ment. The equipment we send to our custom-ers’ mine sites has to meet their corporate equipment specifications. They will veto our equipment if they feel that it’s not suitable to work in their mines.”

Making the case for remanIn a presentation Schaffernicht titled “The Tale of the Tasmanian Triplets,” Schaffern-icht showed why choosing remanufacturing

components of the three Atlas Copco Scoop-tram ST1520s in Australia would be the best option.

Schaffernicht began by listing seven rig conditions or “states of use.” He ordered each by its cost up front: new, remanufactured, re-furbished, good runners, as is, complete core and partial core. Then he began his system-atic analysis of pros and cons.

• New. Schaffernicht said buying a new rig was ideal in many respects, as it meant buying the most recent model with its orig-inal OEM factory warranty. Although it was the most expensive alternative, it also presented little risk. Wait times for new or-ders would leave them without available rigs for too long, though.

• remanufactured. During remanufacture a unit is sandblasted down to bare metal and repainted. Every component, including en-gine, transmission, axles, and torque con-verter, is remanufactured with OEM parts to precise OEM specifications. For this rea-son, Atlas Copco as the OEM can give its remanufactured rigs a new rig warranty.

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Delivery time could be as quick as three months, which would comfortably meet Schaffernicht’s goal. As for price, remanned components generally cost a third less than new components. They still cost more up front than other used rig alternatives, so for a thorough analysis, Schaffernicht needed to take the other used rig options into consider-ation as well.

• refurbished. Refurbished rigs offer a good value for their price, which is lower than one that has remanufactured components. Delivery time was better than for rigs with newly remanned components. However, Schaffernicht said, balanced against the savings in cost and delivery time comes greater risk: “Generally the overall quality and condition of this type is hard to judge unless you know the history of the machine and are given the repair bills.” And warran-tees for refurbished rigs are much shorter and focus coverage primarily on the new parts and specific work performed to bring the rig’s systems back to functionality.

Remanufactured components from Atlas Copco are different because they use only guaranteed genuine OEM parts and come with a full Atlas Copco warranty.

• good runner. These rigs generally have a lower price than refurbished. The units are likely in stock, ready to ship. They might even have 30- or 60-day warranties. Again, the overall quality and condition of these rigs is hard to judge without knowing the history of the machines.

• As is. Schaffernicht considers “as is” rigs to be little more than cores whose owners try to sell at too high a price. Both risk and cost are too great, he said: “I am unwilling to buy them.”

• Cores. Incomplete cores, which are pur-chased only to skeletonize, were not what Cementation needed. However, complete cores, those qualifying as reman candi-dates, were of potential value. Such units are usually available for immediate ship-ping, come at a very low price and, since

Ernie schaffernichtEquipment Manager Cementation Canada, Inc.

The team at Atlas Copco

has a good track record in remanufacturing these large mining machines.”

A reman technician prepares to remove a tire from one of three Atlas Copco Scooptram ST1520 loaders. The ST1520's second life begins with a thorough inspection to see whether it is a good candidate for remanufacture.

little is expected of them, have very low risk. Third party reman shops offer bar-gains on remanning core rigs.

Value of manufacturer-performed reman Schaffernicht believed the best value was to have Atlas Copco rebuild the Triplets with completely remanufactured parts. “Cemen-tation's 'Best for Project' policy mandates that we find the best equipment that we can for every one of our projects,” Schaffernicht said. “Our equipment has to be the safest while offering best overall performance at the lowest possible operating cost.”

Schaffernicht said, “Atlas Copco gave us extremely detailed reports of all the work that was performed on the ST1520s while in their Lively facility. We not only sent the cli-

ent the specifications of the ST1520 but also gave them the pictures of the remanufactur-ing process from start to finish. They could see that this wasn’t a five gallon overhaul. This made it easy for our client to confidently let us bring the equipment on site.”

Brian Bernier, the workshop manager at Atlas Copco's Lively-based reman center in Ontario said, “Any shop can say it’s using OEM parts, but each Atlas Copco part has its own identity number. It’s not just a part num-ber. When an Atlas Copco technician plugs that number into the company computer, all the information for that part on that specific rig comes up.”

Bernier said that’s why the rebuilt rig can have the same warranty as a new rig, and why all its safety features are guaranteed to

perform exactly as the original. “Third party companies can't do that,” Bernier said.

great timingSchaffernicht’s foresight paid off. One of Ce-mentation’s clients was just getting ready for an expansion project. Learning of Cementa-tion’s three Atlas Copco Scooptram ST1520 loaders, it offered the project to Cementation. Just like that, the new rigs were consigned to a project. Schaffernicht gives some of the credit for the successful rig remanufacturing process to Aaron Walsh, sales account man-ager, who stayed with the project from start to finish.

Had Cementation not had the ST1520s when it did, Schaffernicht said they might very well have missed that opportunity.

A team of reman specialists bring the ST 1520 back to the exact specifications of the original. Atlas Copco stands behind the rig, giving it a new rig warranty and presenting the customer with complete documentation of every step of its reman process.

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GoodasnewLively’s Atlas Copco remanufacturing team recreates rigs from a single part to original specs

Atlas Copco Shop Manager Brian Bernier is proud of the work his facility does in remanufacturing. His team’s work was featured in the previous story with Cementation.

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torch in hand, welder Ronnie Dumont had just finished a long smooth cut-out of thick steel from an Atlas Copco

LHD. What had been a seamlessly integrated section of the tubular frame came away at-tached to his hoist. The cutout it left looked as though it was designed to be there, with edges so straight and smooth it was as though Dumont had used a saw.

“It took 40 tons of pressure to spread this frame back into place,” Dumont said. “Must have been a heck of a collision to have bent it, right?”

Having first spread the frame back to its original dimensions, Dumont had now made the space to install the replacement. He smiled as he left the fileted frame to get another tool, shouting, “We do it all here! We can do anything!”

It’s not an exaggeration. In this bay the re-man team at Atlas Copco doesn’t just fix rigs; it resurrects exact duplicates of the compo-nents, clones of the original.

Brian Bernier, the shop manager at Atlas Copco’s Lively store, affirmed welder Du-mont’s claim. “Absolutely. From a single part we can recreate the entire rig. Not just that

model—that exact rig.”Dumont helped during the

recent rebuild of three Atlas Copco Scooptram ST1520 un-derground loaders using cer-tified OEM components. The Scooptrams came from Austra-lia for Cementation Canada Inc.

Cementation had been look-ing for alternatives to ordering new rigs so they could have shorter delivery times.

As a global supplier, Atlas Copco was able to locate three of its 2008-model Scooptram ST1520s rotating out of a leas-ing arrangement. All were perfect candidates for reman.

How remanufacturing worksBernier oversees a staff of 46 technicians, 18 of whom are assigned to remanufacture. Bernier explained that each Atlas Copco part receives a part number that can be traced to the rig it was used on. Each individual rig, in fact, has a part number giving it its own iden-tity. This is separate from its serial number.

“When I key in that number, it links to a parts list eight pages long for that exact rig. Each of its listed parts is another three pages or so of information, like installation instruc-tions, diagrams and specifications,” Bernier said. “So from a single part, we will remake that exact same machine.”

Is it something like a geneticist cloning an animal from a single cell’s DNA informa-tion? Bernier said, “Exactly.”

When a major component needs remanu-facturing, it first goes through a visual in-

The customer watches as a remanned Scooptram ST 1520 is first thoroughly demonstrated on the surface before leaving Lively.

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Brian BernierManager, Atlas Copco's Lively shop

Atlas Copco stands behind

its remanned rigs. The chop shops can't afford to.”

Above, Cementation Equipment Manager Ernie Schaffernicht (left) and Atlas Copco salesman Aaron Walsh discuss the rebuilt Scooptram ST1520 as it goes through final tests.

spection by local certified technicians. A part that has a major failure such as a housing crack is not a candidate for remanufacturing.

The remanufacturing process includes in-spection, disassembly, cleaning, upgrading, parts replacement, assembly and testing. Each component leaving the Reman Cen-ter will have an OEM quality certificate and traceable information, including serial num-ber, parts numbers and inspector signatures. That component stays in the Atlas Copco sys-tem throughout its life.

The Atlas Copco Reman Center uses high-end Tensor electronic assembly tools along with bar code-embedded work orders. The intelligent tools and interactive software track and control specifications of work per-formed, which ensures that everything meets OEM specifications down to how each bolt is tightened.

Once assembled, products are rigorously tested on state-of-the-art test benches. Tech-nicians are OEM certified and use advanced equipment and Atlas Copco’s quality assur-

ance processes. Bill Xuan is the marketing manager re-

sponsible for Atlas Copco’s Reman Solutions business and the overseer of the global roll-out process.

He pointed out that the greatest cost re-lated to customers’ productivity is downtime. “Being down greatly outweighs the cost of the component itself, and a remanufactured component is even more cost effective with the same quality level as new. Having re-manufacturing solutions for our customers

A technician spruces up the guide rails of a drill that came in for a rebuild.A technician (left) tests and configures an updated control panel.

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allows them the peace of mind that ma-jor components are always available off the shelf.”

That is only the start of the benefits ac-cording to Xuan. “Having a single-source supplier and OEM-guaranteed remanufac-tured components along with continued service creates harmony in using Atlas Copco equipment.”

reman valueRemanned components represent an in-credible value to customers. For one, they are remanufactured by the manu-facturing company with certified OEM parts to OEM specifications so they will carry the same one-year warranty as a new model.

Unlike third party shops who claim they, too, can reman using the same parts, Atlas Copco rebuilds the components to the original specifications.

“That’s huge,” Bernier said. Many of the Lively center’s custom-

ers contract with big-name mining com-panies. Those companies are required to keep documented proof on file that the equipment brought onto their property is, above all else, safe for the mine and subcontractor personnel working there, as well as guaranteed to meet environ-mental regulations.

“Other shops can order the same OEM parts,” Bernier said. “But we have the specifications. They don’t. So to what standards and specifications are they do-ing the reman?”

The Reman Center works with each component’s latest engineering specifica-tions to ensure the component is brought back to OEM specifications.

Sometimes remanufactured compo-nents are even better than the original because they receive the latest factory upgrades.

Bernier said this is why Atlas Cop-co stands fully behind its remanufac-tured components and guarantees that the equipment meets the original OEM specifications. Atlas Copco also provides documentation that customers can pro-vide their clients as they bid on and are awarded their jobs. Third party reman shops can’t do that.

The final point Bernier wanted to un-derscore was, “Atlas Copco stands be-hind its remanned rigs. The chop shops can’t afford to.” It’s a factor that carries weight with many project owners.

Brian Bernier (left) talks to a technician in the Lively workshop.

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Contractor who found success with Atlas Copco ROC D9 finds FlexiROC T40 to be worthy upgrade

Fraser Drill Blast Management focuses its energy on being the best at what they do for their customers. Company growth

is a by-product of that concentration, stem-ming from word-of-mouth referrals in a qui-etly expanding circle of clientele. Initially a blasting specialist established in 2003, its drilling operations came as a result of owner and founder Bruce Fraser’s need to serve his customers more effectively.

“At first I thought I would just be a con-sultant,” Fraser said, contracting drilling ser-

vices as needed for pit and quarry customers as he planned their drilling and blasting op-erations. But as Fraser’s clientele and project lists grew, he purchased his own drills. The first was a 2008 Atlas Copco ROC D9 surface drill rig. He purchased two more ROC D9s shortly thereafter, and last year he ordered a Tier 4 compliant FlexiROC T40.

His company retains its distinction as a technically superior blast manager today. It even bears the distinction of being the area’s first Orica-certified Canadian explosives con-

tractor for use of the Unitronic blasting sys-tem. The system adds safety and precision to a blast by electronically identifying, testing, programing and firing a shot.

Cab-less rigs for crowded spacesFraser said he and his company now provide both drilling and blasting services for about 95 percent of the jobs he takes on. The quarry work is largely for the aggregate market and is blasted in stages in accordance with yearly production plans.

Atlas Copco’s Aaron Walsh (left), account manager for the Central Region, checks on Fraser Drill and Blast Manage-ment’s first Atlas Copco ROC D9 hydraulic top hammer with company founder Bruce Fraser. A spring blizzard has side-lined the rig for the day, but it went back to work the following morning to an aggregate quarry southeast of Sudbury.

By any other name

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For mining customers, Fraser has gener-ally been contracted for “pioneering work.” Fraser Drill Blast Management initiates pit expansion when rough areas call for his more versatile, cab-less rigs. The mine’s produc-tion rigs can get to work once Fraser’s rigs create flat benches for them.

The Atlas Copco ROC D9, Fraser said, had been working well for them, but when he went to add a new rig to the fleet, he found that the D9 as such was no longer in produc-tion.

Brand trust“We took it on faith,” Fraser said of the T40. He wanted to stay with Atlas Copco. “We trust Atlas Copco. We wanted to avoid some of the service hiccups that come with some other brands, and Atlas Copco has the best package deal.”

Aaron Walsh, Central Region account manager for Atlas Copco, said the Flexi-ROC T40 was basically a D9 but designated a T40 under the naming convention that dis-tinguishes top hammers from the down-the-hole surface drills. However, he said, it is a bit of an upgrade to Fraser’s previous D9 rigs. “The T40 has a bigger hammer, a COP 2560, and bigger air.” The 2007 and 2008 model D9 rigs in Fraser’s fleet have COP 2160 hammers.

Walsh said the COP 2560 offers a range from 3-inch to 5-inch (76–127 mm) diameter holes but is optimal for the 4 ½-inch diam-eter holes Fraser typically drills. Its increased bearing surface and larger driver and impact piston improve impact tolerance in heavy production drilling. Onboard air is 335 cfm (158 L/s).

“Feedback from even the experienced

drillers has been that they like the T40,” Fraser said. “The remote control operation and automatic rod changer keeps them out of the dust.”

Though Walsh said service plans are available for the hydraulic rigs and field technicians will go wherever the rigs are, Fraser prefers that his own operators stay knowledgeable through routine service and maintenance, as the rigs can be sent a con-siderable distance into remote areas.

The T40 on this day was on a two-week drill and blast job for an aggregate quar-ry client. Each blast would move 5,000 to 50,000 tonnes of hard granite. The holes were drilled with 3½-bits on 12-foot lengths of Atlas Copco T51 steel to 45 feet in a pattern that varied by location. Part of the work lay within 75 meters of an active railway. Seismograph monitoring showed

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SmartROC Series

SmartROC T35SmartROC T40SmartROC T45SmartROC D65

PowerROC Series

PowerROC T25PowerROC T30 EPowerROC T30PowerROC T35PowerROC T35 EPowerROC T45PowerROC D40PowerROC D55

FlexiROC Series

FlexiROC T15 RFlexiROC T20 RFlexiROC T30 RFlexiROC T35FlexiROC T40FlexiROC T45FlexiROC T50FlexiROC D45FlexiROC D50FlexiROC D55FlexiROC D60FlexiROC D65FlexiROC C50FlexiROC C65

AirROC Series

AirROC T25 WAirROC T25AirROC T35AirROC D35AirROC D40AirROC D40 WAirROC D45AirROC D45 SHAirROC D50AirROC D55AirROC D65

FlexiRoc t30 R

Product series nameAirROCPowerROCFlexiROCSmartROC

Drilling typeT:Tophammer

D:DTHC:COPROD

OptimalNominatedhole size15-70 for 1,5”-7,0”Ex: 30 for 3.0”

Model

Complementary codes W: Wheel based carrier for AirROC

SH: Semi-hydraulic pneumatic rigR: Radio Remote ControlE: Exterior Direct Control

Product series name

Product name

Naming Structure

new or used, Atlas copco stands by its equipmentAtlas Copco’s rock drills are supported whether they are fresh off the production line or well used in the field. The newest versions of these surface crawlers are:

no threat to the bed from the precision blasting.

Value of remote controlOf the T40, Fraser said, “It’s an excellent product. The remote adds safety. Drillers typ-ically are standing back 15 to 20 feet from the drill, but could go farther.” In fact, Fraser gave the example of how one driller was able to take cover from a cold rain by drilling from the shelter of his pickup truck. The steep ter-rain Fraser Drill Blast Management is often called to work in requires anchoring off the rigs. Remote control allows drillers to find sure footing to work from, increasing safety.

At the moment Fraser Drill Blast Man-agement’s four Atlas Copco rigs are keeping 14 employees in the field performing one- to two-week customized shots for a steady cli-ent list of 15 to 20 customers.

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Atlas Copco introduces cost-effective addition to Swellex rock bolt family

Atlas Copco introduced the new Swellex Spartan rock bolt to the

attendees of the 2013 Canadian Insti-tute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petro-leum (CIM) Conference in Toronto, May 5 to May 8. The new rock bolt is designed for use in ground conditions where the bolt does not need to absorb high energy.

“There are different environments in mining and tunneling, including those where the rock mass transfers very little energy into the bolt. And in such cases there is no need for a rock bolt that absorbs high energy—you just need a rock bolt that can reach peak load without necessarily having to give a lot of elongation in energy absorben-

cy,” said Daniel Misiano, Vice President Marketing—Consumables. “The Swellex Spartan line has been engineered for these environments to maximize cost effective-ness and profitability. It is manufactured using the same stringent manufacturing process, the same quality control as other Swellex rock bolts that we offer today.”

Like all Swellex rock bolts, the Swellex Spartan is easy to install for greater pro-ductivity and provides friction anchoring and mechanical interlocking for greater safety. The Swellex Spartan is available with corrosion resistance for maximum longevity.

Swellex Spartan rock bolts come in siz-es from 1.2 millimeters and 3.9 kilograms to 6.5 millimeters and 21.3 kilograms.

general information Swellex Sp12 Swellex Sp16 Swellex Sp24

Minimum breaking load 120 kN 160 kN 240 kN

Minimum yield load 100 kN 140 kN 200 kN

Minimum elongation 6% 6% 6%

Inflation pressure 300 bar 300 bar 300 bar

in memory of Atlas Copco National Parts and Service Exchange Coordinator Dwight Leclerc

it is with heavy hearts and much respect that we bid farewell to a longtime colleague at Atlas

Copco Mining and Rock Excavation Technique Canada. Dwight Leclerc, 57, in his 40th year with Atlas Copco, passed away suddenly at his home on July 3, 2013.

Dwight would be considered a “lifer” at At-las Copco. Fresh out of high school, Leclerc started with the company in January 1974. He started on a small scale then worked his way through the ranks to become National Parts and Service Exchange Coordinator—the position he proudly held when he passed.

Dwight was interviewed earlier this year for a publication that was commemorating At-las Copco’s 140th Anniversary. He spoke very proudly of Atlas Copco's commitment to him as a long-term employee and his allegiance in re-turn. He was quoted in the piece stating, “I was pretty lucky. They reward you if you improve yourself. Attitude is key.”

We, too, Dwight, were lucky to have had the privilege to know and work with you.

Let us say farewell to a special person, a valuable teammate and a friend to all of us. He will be dearly missed. He will always be remem-bered and will forever remain in our hearts.

“You've got a job for life if you stick it out, if you have the right attitude.”

Dwight Leclerc 1956-2013

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Atlas Copco power generation offers enhanced options

Atlas Copco Portable Energy introduced Predictable Power to its approach for on-

site power generation at the 2013 Bauma In-ternational Trade Fair in Munich, Germany.

Mike Marion, product and business de-velopment manager for Atlas Copco Portable Energy Canada, said that Atlas Copco has a unique approach to its on-site generator and power generation business. “We know that customers don’t really need a piece of equip-ment—what they actually need is reliable, risk-free, predictable power,” Marion said.

Marion added, “In fact, that is our core value—Predictable Power. For Atlas Copco, this term signifies both a pledge to custom-ers and a state of mind within our organi-zation. With Predictable Power, we commu-nicate clearly to customers what they can

More 'green' options underground from Atlas Copco

Atlas Copco has launched a new range of underground LHD and

mine trucks primarily powered by electricity.

Known as “The Green Line,” the group includes two electric under-ground trucks, four electric under-ground LHDs and a new portable generator.

The Electric Minetruck EMT35 and EMT50 models are nearly twice as fast as any diesel truck in their re-spective capacity ranges (35 and 50 tonnes). The two trucks reduce energy consumption by up to 70 percent. High-efficiency electric motors drive the axles directly, minimizing transmission losses. Regenerative braking re-turns the energy to the grid so that nearly 30 percent of the energy consumed going up the ramp will be regenerated while going back down.

The Electric Scooptram EST1030 and EST14 will join the existing EST2D and EST3.5 models as Atlas Copco’s line of 100 percent emission-free diesel LHDs. Built on the successful Atlas Copco Scooptram plat-form and powered by efficient electric mo-

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tors, these new LHDs consume less energy, generate less heat and produce less noise than diesel loaders. Tramming capacities for the Electric Scooptrams range from 2 to 14 tonnes.

A new portable generator, the Gen-trail GT325, is a unique solution. The gen-erator simply hooks up behind the load-er and is towed just like a normal trailer. Once the loader reaches its work area the generator can be parked or towed away. A single generator is normally enough to support a fleet of loaders. The genera-tor can also work as emergency power for the mine.

expect from us. Our generators are made for harsh environments, frequent relocation and demanding loads, environments where Pre-dictable Power is a necessity.”

Predictable Power is a core value of At-las Copco Portable Energy and the guiding principle for how they design, test, sell, build, commission and service generators.

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Honoring our commitment to increase our presence across the country and to better serve all our customers, Atlas Copco has opened additional offices in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Wabush, Newfoundland.

See page 15 for all of our location contact details.

800-465-6719www.atlascopco.ca

Sustainable productivity within reach